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Federal E-News - 2010

May/June

• GASB Issues Preliminary Views on Reform of Public Pension Accounting, Disclosure Rules; Major Changes in the Works

• Financial Markets Reform on the Brink of Enactment; Number of Items of Special Interest to Public Plans Included

• SEC Finalizes "Pay-to-Play" Rule; Eases Ban on Third Party Marketers

• New $5 Billion Reinsurance Program Takes Effect for Pre-Medicare Retirees

• Iran Divestment Bill Becomes Law

• New CPI for Seniors Proposed

• Snapshots

March/April

• Healthcare Reform Becomes Law; Implementation Spread Out Over Nine Years

• Financial Markets Reform Legislation Picks up Steam; Swaps Provisions Implicate Public Plans

• IRS Working on Compliance Guide for Public Pensions; First Step in the Process Expected Soon 

• NCTR Supports Proposed Exemption for Public Plans from FBAR Reporting

• Credit Rating Agencies under the Gun in Senate Hearing; Committee Documents Serious Conflicts of Interest

• New Study Finds Public Employees Earn Less than Private Sector Counterparts 

• Obama Administration Views on Retirement Security

• Snapshots

January/February

• Healthcare Reform: On Life Support, or Terminal?

• Financial Markets Reform: An Idea Whose Moment Has Finally Come...and Gone?

• GASB Accounting, Disclosure Project Picking Up Steam; Outlook Increasingly Troublesome

• IRS Changes Directions on Governmental Plans Compliance Initiative

• SEC's New Public Pension Unit Now Open and Ready for Business

• NCTR, NASRA Joint Legislative Workshop - An Overview

• New PEW Public Pension Report Gets It Mostly Right

• Snapshots

NCTR's Federal e-News provides important information on the issues and events in Washington, D.C. that may impact NCTR members. For more information, contact Leigh Snell, NCTR's Director of Federal Relations, at (540) 333-1015 or by email at: lsnell@nctr.org.